ppt to vegas

Tom Chalmers wrote on 6/12/2008, 10:55 AM

I have been e-mailed a powerpoint slide show and am having trouble getting Vegas to accept it. I keep getting "not an acceptable format" any help much appreciated.
Tom

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Former user wrote on 6/12/2008, 11:05 AM

Vegas will not import a PPT presentation. In fact, no video software will.

There was a thread about this recently that may help.

Do a search or if I find it I will post the link.

Dave T2

Tom Chalmers wrote on 6/12/2008, 11:31 AM

Thanks. I will search for it also
Tom

Goji wrote on 6/12/2008, 12:11 PM

Here's what'cha gotta do:

1. Open the PPT presentation.
2. Save the presentation as a series of slides. To do this, click File> "Save as", then choose File Type. You should see an option to save either the current slide, or the entire presentation as sequentially-numbered slides.
3. Not in front of a computer with PPT right now, but seem to remember that you can also choose image type (.png, .jpg, etc.). Vegas likes .png's best!

Cheers,

Greg

johnmeyer wrote on 6/12/2008, 12:23 PM

There have been dozens and dozens of posts about using PowerPoint in Vegas. Do a search, but restrict it to this forum and search the subject only. Use "PowerPoint" in one search, and then do another search using "PPT."

In the meantime, here are some threads I saved in my database a long time ago. They should get you started:

PowerPoint 1

PowerPoint 2

PowerPoint 3

PowerPoint 4

Camtasia used to be the usual recommendation, although I think in link #4 above, the person who started the thread found a dedicated program designed for this purpose. Some reported bugs, but I don't remember whether it turned out to be a good deal.

farss wrote on 6/12/2008, 2:58 PM

The latest version of PPT lets you save in PDF. From that you can go to PSD using PS. You might get better results.

Bob,